June 14 2025 Day Nine

June 14, 2025 – Las Vegas Nevada – Day 9

 

Still sitting in Dick’s Last Resort in the Excalibur on the strip in Las Vegas and I’m ending my stay in Vegas tomorrow when I head out. I have a $50 credit to use up at one of the bars in this Casino and this seems to be the spot to use it up. I could consider gamble and try blackjack, craps, roulette or straight up poker and since I wasn’t in the gambling mood, probably better that I don’t try one of the addicting games this town is known for. Sure, it might be a good thing I make money, but my fear is it’d maybe go the other way making this vacation more expensive. I maybe should’ve thought about that last night and at least tried some game and once up, if just closeout and take my winnings. Now it has me wondering if I should skip writing this and see how my gambling is. After been drinking, maybe not such a good idea. I was hoping for quarter machines since I do have a number of coins in my pocket, but that is wasted change around here. The machines only take bills; you don’t hear the winners like you use to when the machines were dealing out coins. 

 

I did get to sleep in today and I must’ve really needed it cuz it was pretty late when I finally dragged myself out of bed. I had noticed a Krispy Kreme in this casino that I thought that’d be a good start to my day, so I made my way there and purchased my daily Mt Dew. Boy, things are really expensive in Vegas and when these places get as big as they are, they just rape you. A bottle of Mt Dew, normally a couple of bucks at a gas station is $7 downtown Vegas. That also had me thinking how big Sturgis has become and how expensive things around there are now a days. Sometimes it probably has a different effect that it keeps a number of people away after a while because they realize how much more expensive it’ll be than what it once was. 

 

My first task today was going to be working on how I’m going to get my bike packed and ready for a ride tomorrow before taking a shower for the start to my day. I did ask security where I came in yesterday if I could park my bike again and pack it and go take a shower and back in about half an hour, but no luck, they did say take my shower first and then pack the bike. Well, like I told them, when it’s this hot you spend the time getting the bike packed and then cool off with a shower before hitting the road. One of the security guards when he found out which tower I was in, Yep, they have different towers for how you rank, he suggested driving up to the self-parking by my tower to pack the bike. The only problem with that is I can’t leave my bike parked there and would have to move it again to take a shower. Again, the same thing, take your shower then pack the bike. My other option after walking out to my bike, might be just getting a cart from bell service and hauling everything out to my bike in the garage and then coming back for my shower. Oh, what a dilemma, but you’ll eventually hear what I decided to do. A bike takes up little space that sometimes I wish places would be more accommodating, but I can say I’m usually lucky getting a break. One of the security guards did say he could tell I’m a pretty straight up guy and not an asshole, but unfortunately, they have rules.

 

Ok, I have to say my bartender Wesley was great. I told him about Webby and he said some people call him Webby and once he saw my last name, he realized why. He did talk about South Dakota because he has family, there, but not a place he’s been. He did mention how he traveled with his brother years ago trying to go to all of the Springfields and apparently covered 30+ some states. Good night to end my stay in Vegas and I had a great time both nights in Dick’s last resort. 

 

Today I just walked around, as much as I could inside just to see what is going on and maybe I should’ve considered doing some gambling before I started drinking, but like I had mentioned early, that could be either a good thing or a bad thing. Hell, it’s been so long since I have done any kind of gambling that in black jack I probably wouldn’t help the table and in craps, I’ve already experienced how that can go from a high winning and then blowing it and doubling your losses, that not this weekend. Las Vegas is under an extreme heat advisory and this is definitely not the time to be here. Sure you can try to walk as much inside as possible, but sometimes you have to get somewhere by going outside. 

 

I did make my way back to the Brewdog to have a sour that I had there last night, a raspberry which I like and tonight they had a second on tap, a sour apple. If I hadn’t mentioned it since this is my writing a day later, after have some fried pickles at Dick’s last resort I figured I should venture out and the Brewdog looked interested. I did almost get laid on my way there, even though I mentioned my GF might not like it, but the flowers around my neck were my Lei for the night.

 

To finish off the night since they were getting ready to close the bar, last call for Dicks, I had a good time visiting with Wesley some more and since I did forget to mention it, but my bartender at Dicks the night before was on the other side of the bar and he did invite me to venture to his side. How do I compete for the bartenders attention, especially the men. 

 

A well deserved day off the bike and for as hot as it is, there was no reason to get’er out. Let her rest for a day after getting her new oil and a filter. Man, almost nothing better to ride, than the real thing.